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• Play rehearsal in progress when part of roof collapsed

  22-02-2019 23:29 via saultstar.com
  ELLIOT LAKE — Murray Finn and a few other members of the Elliot Lake Amateur Theatre Ensemble (ELATE) were in the Lester B. Pearson Civic Centre when the partial roof collapse occurred Thursday evening.
  Finn says they were starting a dress rehearsal of a play they have been working on since before Christmas, entitled Shorthanded.
  Finn says they were three in the theatre itself, while others were in another part of the building when the collapse occurred.
  He added that before the collapse h
  
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• Winter Storm Watch Now In Effect

  22-02-2019 23:08
  Winter storm watch in effect for: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay This could end up being a pretty nasty storm coupled with gale force winds, freezing rain, snow and or rain. At the moment there’s still a question about what type of precipitation and how […]
  
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• Laid-off Bombardier workers en route to finding new roles at company and beyond

  22-02-2019 22:24
  MONTREAL — The CEO and union leaders at Bombardier Inc. say the plane-and-train maker is well on the way to finding new work for recently laid-off employees. Bombardier says filling different positions within the Montreal-based company, finding jobs with other employers or reverting to part-time work are part of the so-called “reclassification” process. Last November, the plane-and-train-maker […]
  
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• Terry Sheehan’s Proposed Legislation on Precarious Work in Canada Moves Forward

  22-02-2019 22:14
  Ottawa, ON – Earlier today in the House of Commons, MP Terry Sheehan concluded the debate  on his Private Members Motion (M-194), asking parliamentarians to examine the needs and indicators of precarious workers in Canada in order to apply effective supports for all Canadians. The Motion proposes to have the Standing Committee on Human Resources, […]
  
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• Enforcement, resurfacing could help west-end traffic woes

  22-02-2019 21:53 via saultstar.com
  Lowering the speed limit on Allen’s Side Road for heavy trucks is not the recommended solution to help west-end homeowners with their traffic and safety concerns.
  Instead, better enforcement of the city’s truck routes, speeds and communicating with trucking companies is recommended.
  City staff also note that the asphalt surface on Allen’s Side Road – which is in need of replacement – is the main issue and replacement may also reduce the shaking some homeowners exper
  
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• Houston builds on Mending Fences experience

  22-02-2019 21:50 via saultstar.com
  Acting in Mending Fences didn’t leave Harry Houston, well, sitting on the fence.He’s a big fan of Norm Foster’s play about long-standing discord between a father and a son.In 2012, Family Life Theatre became the first community theatre group to stage Mending Fences. Houston was in the cast.His experience with that production, directed by Michael Hennessy, motivated him to direct Mending Fences for Sault Theatre Workshop. The comedy/drama opens Wednesday and runs through to Sund
  
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• ROSS, John Wesley

  22-02-2019 21:35
  Passed away peacefully at the FJ Davey Home on Monday, February 18, 2019 at the age of 78. He was the beloved brother of the late Beverley Brandt (Bernie), late Madeline Heather and Kevin (Carol). Predeceased by his parents Eileen Swift (late Jim) and Wes Ross. He will be missed by his niece Natasha (Roy), […]
  
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• BYCHKO, Paul Sr

  22-02-2019 21:00
  ~July 25, 1947 – February 21, 2019~ Paul Bychko Sr. passed away peacefully in the loving arms of his family at the Sault Area Hospital on Thursday, February 21, 2019. Beloved husband of 48 years to the love of his life, Sharon Bychko. Devoted father to his two daughters Marcy Clayton (Alex D’Ettorre), Melinda Trepasso […]
  
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• Students with ADHD less likely to enrol in post-secondary education, study says

  22-02-2019 20:50
  OTTAWA — Students with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are much less likely to go to college or university than those with no long-term health conditions, according to a new report from Statistics Canada. The gap suggests teachers need better training in how to work with students whose behaviour can come off as disruptive and who might seem uninterested […]
  
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• Moves made to ready city for immigration support

  22-02-2019 20:30 via saultstar.com
  Lisa Vezeau-Allen knows what is like to navigate a new way of life in a different country.
  The Ward 2 councillor says she’s been there and done that – whether it was having her first child in Spain or enrolling her young children in school in the United States.
  “I’ve been in those uncomfortable positions. I understand that there are differences between countries and cultures that people don’t even think about,” she said.
  “As our world gets smaller with t
  
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• Crime drama starts shoot in Sault

  22-02-2019 20:11 via saultstar.com
  A snow-covered Sault Ste. Marie is just the right look for a crime drama that starts shooting in the city on Monday.Tainted follows an ex-Finnish Mafia cleaner who wants to leave his violent past.Planned locations for the independent feature, which films until March 15, include Purvis Marine, Boniferro Mill Works, Gates College and Sault Multimodal Terminal.For a main character who “is down on his luck” the city’s snowy backdrop “adds to the gritty feel,” associate
  
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• Mayor Responds to Korah Library Closure

  22-02-2019 20:08
  In a report attached to this upcoming Monday’s City Council meeting, Mayor Christian Provenzano addresses the Board Chair and Acting CEO of the Library Board in regards to the library budget and closure of the Korah branch. Provenzano acknowledged that the board did not receive the operating increase that it requested, but “that should not […]
  
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• Raising Awareness of Human Trafficking in Ontario

  22-02-2019 20:03
  In support of Human Trafficking Awareness Day Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHS) is working with partners across the province to raise awareness of human trafficking in Ontario communities. “It’s crucial to learn the risk factors and signs of human trafficking,” says Justin Marchand, “few people know how prevalent it really is in Ontario.” Contrary to […]
  
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• MEAROW, Shaun

  22-02-2019 18:59
  At the Sault Area Hospital on Wednesday February 20, 2019 at the age of 37. Father of Kayla (mother Cindy Biron), Kaydance and Aydrielle (mother Crystal) and David. Son of Patti Miron and Kenneth Alton. Brother of Ronald, Bella and Kandace. Shaun will be missed by his Grandma Mary Allen and his many aunts, uncles, […]
  
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• Theatre roof collapses in Elliot Lake

  22-02-2019 18:55 via saultstar.com
  THE CANADIAN PRESSELLIOT LAKE, Ont. — City officials in say the roof of a public building has collapsed, but no one was badly hurt.
  Chief Administrative Officer Daniel Gagnon says the partial collapse took place Thursday night over the community theatre inside the city-owned Lester B Pearson Civic Centre.
  The incident comes about six years after a roof collapse at the city’s Algo Mall killed two women.
  Gagnon says the community theatre can seat up to 340 people, but says only five or
  
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• VAES, Lois

  22-02-2019 17:30
  Passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at the Algoma Residential Community Hospice (ARCH). Beloved wife of Abbie for over 50 years. Loving mother of David Ferguson (Barb), Ken Ferguson (Kathy), Donna Majic (Tom), Nancy Brunetta (Andy Kozak) and Katrina Trebinski (Corey). Cherished grandmother of 12 and great grandmother of […]
  
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• Trudeau tells Canadians to listen to clerk in SNC-Lavalin matter

  22-02-2019 17:12
  OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians should listen to the comments of the country’s top public servant when it comes to the questions about whether Trudeau’s office tried to pressure former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to stop a prosecution of Montreal-based engineering giant SNC-Lavalin. Privy Council clerk Michael Wernick delivered a blunt assessment at […]
  
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• Trudeau government posted $300M surplus in first nine months of 2018-19

  22-02-2019 17:01
  OTTAWA — A preliminary analysis of the federal books says the government ran a budgetary surplus of $300 million through the first nine months of the fiscal year. The surplus is an improvement compared with the April-to-December period in 2017-18, when Ottawa posted a deficit of $8.9 billion. The Finance Department’s latest fiscal monitor says overall revenues were up $19.3 billion, […]
  
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• Ruscio power walks for Coldest Night of the Year

  22-02-2019 16:58 via saultstar.com
  A Sault Ste. Marie accountant has collected the second-most pledges in Canada for Coldest Night of the Year.There are 19,484 walkers.Joe Ruscio has raised $16,301.56, as of Friday morning, for the Saturday walk that benefits St. Vincent Place on Albert Street East. The centre offers a men’s shelter, food bank and soup kitchen. A thrift store also operates on site.Ranked No. 1 is John Fenton, of Toronto’s Team Fenton, with $23,450.Ruscio’s team, Joe Ruscio Professional Corp., is
  
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• Complimentary parking at buried parking meters in Downtown Sault Ste. Marie - UpNorthLive.com

  22-02-2019 16:00
  Complimentary parking at buried parking meters in Downtown Sault Ste. Marie  UpNorthLive.comCHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Upper Peninsula has definitely received a lot of snow this winter, which may have caused some difficulties ...
  
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• Government moves to fix Tarion Warranty Corp. to protect home buyers

  22-02-2019 15:50 via saultstar.com
  The Ontario government is implementing initiatives that will protect home buyers from cancelled pre-construction condominium projects.
  Sault MPP Ross Romano says the provincial government is transforming Tarion and strengthening consumer protection to protect those who purchase new homes.
  “There are many families across the province who have faced difficulties over the years when seeking a solution from Tarion,” Romano said in a press release.
  The government is establishing a separat
  
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• Police on missing fentanyl – we're working on it

  22-02-2019 15:48 via saultstar.com
  Just how pharmaceutical liquid fentanyl went missing from a city health-care provider is still being investigated by Sault Ste. Marie Police Service.The opioid’s disappearance was reported by police on Feb. 15. The municipal force has said little since, including the amount of fentanyl that can’t be found and if the opioid was lost or stolen.“We’re trying to determine exactly what took place,” media liaison Lincoln Louttit told The Sault Star. “We’re jus
  
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• OBEN, James “Jim”

  22-02-2019 15:43
  Peacefully with his sons by his side at the Sault Area Hospital on Tuesday February 19, 2019 at the age of 80. Beloved husband of Jackie for 56 years. Loving father of Tom (Mary) and Tim (Donna). Grandpa of Jake, Sara, Mel (Andrew) and Kathy (Joe). Great grandpa of Leah and Hailey. As per Jim’s […]
  
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• Hearst Street fire is now police probe

  22-02-2019 15:40 via saultstar.com
  A fire that badly damaged a central-area home is now being investigated by Sault Ste. Marie Police Service.Firefighters were called to 9 Hearst St., at about 11:20 p.m. on Feb. 16.No one was hurt.Ontario Fire Marshal investigator James Allen probed the scene.“This is now an active police investigation,” he said in an email to The Sault Star.Police media liaison Lincoln Louttit is tight-lipped about the police probe.“Everything is still under investigation there,” he said.
  
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• Working for menstrual health

  22-02-2019 15:06 via saultstar.com
  Gabi Doleske, a language and communication professor, shares details of the Days for Girls Project during a meeting of Sault College’s board of governors on Thursday. Doleske visited the college’s partner schools in Tanzania, Arusha Technical College and Pwani Regional Vocational Training and Service Centre, and led production of menstrual care kits made up shields, pockets and a carrying bag. Girls who don’t have care supplies don’t go to school “or they use things
  
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• College launches health-related certificates

  22-02-2019 14:47 via saultstar.com
  Two new health care-related certificate programs available online will be offered by Sault College.The post-secondary institution’s board of governors approved nephrology nursing and children’s mental health learning opportunities at a meeting Thursday.The certificates use existing OntarioLearn courses. OntarioLearn is a consortium of 24 publicly-funded colleges in the province.“It’s a really low-risk opportunity to increase revenue while providing learners with a high-qu
  
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• Freezing Rain, Damaging Winds Blow in For This Weekend

  22-02-2019 14:04
  Special weather statement in effect for: Sault Ste. Marie – St. Joseph Island Searchmont – Montreal River Harbour – Batchawana Bay Potential for freezing rain Saturday night and damaging winds and blowing snow on Sunday. Precipitation associated with a strong low pressure system may begin as freezing rain Saturday evening before changing to rain overnight […]
  
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• Sault College Students Shine at Special Olympics

  22-02-2019 13:45
  Excitement was in the air at Sault College as some of our very own Special Olympians were celebrated for their outstanding performances in the recent 2019 Special Olympics Ontario Provincial Winter Games! Community Integration Through Cooperative Education (CICE) students Vincent Coccimiglio and Brandon Fortin competed in the games in curling and snowshoeing respectively, and Kelsey […]
  
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• Tie-tans:TC West ties Sault Ste. Marie 2-2 - Traverse City Record Eagle

  22-02-2019 12:00
  Tie-tans:TC West ties Sault Ste. Marie 2-2  Traverse City Record EagleTRAVERSE CITY — Both teams led, both teams rallied and both teams fought, but even overtime couldn't determine a winner.
  
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• Tie-tans: TC West ties Sault Ste. Marie 2-2 - Traverse City Record Eagle

  22-02-2019 12:00
  Tie-tans: TC West ties Sault Ste. Marie 2-2  Traverse City Record EagleTRAVERSE CITY — Both teams led, both teams rallied and both teams fought, but even overtime couldn't determine a winner.
  
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• Bays down Sault, reach 20-0 - Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

  22-02-2019 09:00
  Bays down Sault, reach 20-0  Sault Ste. Marie Evening NewsSAULT STE. MARIE — Around the mid-point of the season the Brimley Bays started to have a 20-0 vision. That vision has become reality, as the Bays achieved ...
  
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• MacGARRIE, Doris

  22-02-2019 05:08
  Our angel finally has her wings. Peacefully at the F.J. Davey Home on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at the age of 93. Beloved wife of the late John. Loving mother of Neil (Doreen) and the late Margaret. Cherished grandma of Lisa Collins (John), Trisha Sweeney, Melissa MacWilliam (Chan) and John MacGarrie. Great grandmother of Christina, […]
  
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• MATHESON, Gordon Ellis

  22-02-2019 05:05
  June 9, 1924 to February 20, 2019 – Passed peacefully at the F.J. Davey Home in his 95th year with his loving wife by his side. Survived by his beloved wife of 69 years, Bernice, his children Mel (Kelly), Donald (Paula), Diane Lapensee (Jack), Blair (Ruth), Brian (Suzanne), Kathy McLeod (Don) and Chuck (Kim). Predeceased […]
  
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• HARTEN, Hezilie Ellen

  22-02-2019 04:57
  Passed away peacefully with family by her side at the Sault Area Hospital on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at the age of 90. Beloved wife of the late Gordon Harten. Cherished mother of Roy Harten (Laura). Proud grandma of Sarah Heaton (Jay), Amanda Harten, Elizabeth Remmer (Steven) and Emily Harten. Loving great grandma of Mariah, […]
  
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• CASEY, Florence Margaret

  22-02-2019 04:45
  Peacefully at the FJ Davey Home on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at the age of 84. Beloved wife of the late John (Jack) Casey. Dear mother of Erin Casey, Shannon Lavoie (Ken) and Sean Casey (Caroline Porter). Mother-in-law of Jack Lannigan. Proud Nana of the late Patrick Casey, Sean Lannigan, John Lannigan, Genevieve Lavoie (Rocky […]
  
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• Fit-a-Thon’s 4th Installment Supports The Twinkie Foundation

  22-02-2019 02:32
  On Thursday, February 21st, Sault College hosted their first “Fit – a – thon” event, in support of the Twinkie Foundation. The event spanned the course of two hours, in which students and professors alike from the 2nd year health and fitness promotions course taught a variety of high energy workouts. With a buy in […]
  
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• Stigmatizing all yellow vesters ‘very unfair’ —Protester

  22-02-2019 02:09 via saultstar.com
  ALGOMA DISTRICT — Painting everybody with the “same brush is very unfair,” says yellow vest demonstrator George Browne in the wake of various Sault Ste. Marie entities publicly voicing concerns about Millennium Crane Rentals owner Dave Selvers, who has taken part in local yellow vest rallies.
  Sault College, Algoma Steel Inc., and the city, have all expressed concern about Selvers — the college said it will no longer do business with Millennium — following the releas
  
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• Fire department lands new equipment, member

  22-02-2019 02:01 via saultstar.com
  HURON SHORES — Council has authorized bids for new Huron Shores Fire Department equipment.
  Bids for a vacuum tanker truck are to be received by March 1 with a potential decision on the tender delivered at the March 13 council meeting. Municipal staff relayed that it could take up to a year to build the eventual vehicle.
  The new equipment is designated for Station 2, located at 10 John St., in Iron Bridge (Ward 3). The other Huron Shores Fire Department Station (1) is situated at
  
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• Armed Robbery at Tim Hortons

  22-02-2019 00:39
  Crime Stoppers and the Sault Ste. Marie Police Service are requesting your assistance in identifying a suspect involved in an incident of robbery. On February 15, 2019 an unknown male entered the Tim Hortons on John Street, he produced a handgun and demanded money. Look closely at this video. The clerk refused to cooperate and […]
  
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• Sault Ste. Marie Downtown Parking is Now Free Wherever Meters are Buried - 9&10 News

  22-02-2019 00:20
  Sault Ste. Marie Downtown Parking is Now Free Wherever Meters are Buried  9&10 NewsDowntown Sault Ste. Marie is buried in snow, but believe it or not, it may not be a bad thing for drivers. As street crews work tirelessly to clear the excess snow ...
  
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